Frank Kendall, the Defense Department's acting procurement chief, is expected to approve Air Force plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to pave the way for the production of the fifth and sixth geostationary satellites in the multibillion-dollar Space Based Infrared System program. The Air Force's fiscal year 2013 budget request seeks $950 million to initiate procurement of SBIRS GEO 5/6 from Lockheed Martin using a block-buy approach that spans multiple years and involves a bid by the Obama...
